Curse

steelborn · Dec 27, 2011, 09:15 PM // 21:15

OH DEAR i finished it (..so far)

I would like to fix some things which are annoying to me, but i've got still no time to fix it until deadline...

So the "final version" is officialy postet in the spoiler!

ATTENTION: Filesize is *huge* (about 100MB of Data)

and i was not able to build a working preloader - so please - if you want to take a look: take a cup of coffee and wait until the following side looks like the following image... (it takes about 30 seconds with my connection - Downstream=12Mbit/Sec)

Then all files should be loaded probably and you can click on the "play music button"...

Maybe i will be able to fix another issue (jumping animation phase after pressing the button) but i will not promise it.

Please enjoy

Sura · Dec 27, 2011, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Thanks everyone for the comments

!

@steelborn
Wow, that's amazing!! Freezie was kinda lonely at first because i pressed the play button too soon.... The three grentches are so funny

@marshmallow
omg the bear is sooo cute

and Gwen as well of course

. A problem i notice is that the snow globe and gwen are not in the same perspective. She sits on a different plane than the snowglobe, that makes them feel disconnected.

@obstable
personally i like option #1 best. what i don't like in #3 is that the shrubbery takes all the attention away from the cute kitty. It's so dark and has such a strong contrast to the bg that it feels like the focal point of the image. Either you should tone down the shrubbery a bit (and add snow on top or so) or bring the cat more to the front (value and contrastwise).

@Dalili Ojo
Thanks for your comments

. About your sketch: LOL! That's one pissed looking charr

. I think that's an hilarious idea and i am looking forward to the rest of the picture.

@BlackXI
I know Katy Hargrove's picture, it's so so adorable

, one of my favourite pictures. So i am very much looking forward to your finished picture

. And thanks for your comments, i will probably give my first idea another try once i have more time.

My own procress:
I more or less abandoned another idea, lol. This one http://surassketchblog.files.wordpre...sdaysketch.png. Well, i haven't really abandonded it, i will definitely finish it, but not for Wintersday. The main reason is that when i thought about a coloursceme i realised that i don't want to use wintery and cold colours

. I will use warm, earthy tones. Once finished i will post it in my thread on GW2Guru http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...rt-t23263.html.

That leaves only the kid gwen and her friends idea

. I am glad that you guys like the character sketches. I did two scene sketches.
Left: Gwen and her friends building a snow man. I am not too happy with that sketch, it's boring and the characters kinda lost their cuteness (i think i missed the proportions). But i still like the idea (i want Thackery be all "Omg, it's GWEN <3" with red cheeks and such), so i will try to rework the sketch.
Right: This sketch is called: "Ebonhawke, Early Attempt". It shows Gwen having fun with her selfbuilt snow fort... so it's more a less a joke referencing whats going to happen in her life.... I hope it's somewhat funny? But i like the composition, it's much more energetic than the left one.

Arghore · Dec 27, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Pointing everybody to this post again:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=564

Please let me know if you have problems with the date and time for this event! Even a small 'its ok to me' would be nice, so i (we) am (are) sure not to have a lot of people that cannot make it to the party (and collect their prize) ...

tnx

` Marshmallow · Dec 27, 2011, 11:38 PM // 23:38

Arghore , i d hae to wait for my schedule to come out :<

Arghore · Dec 28, 2011, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Right in the meantime i figured out what my prize for the 'spirit of wintersday' is going to be. Based upon the previous prize i did for halloween:

---------------------- In the Spirit of Wintersday Prize ---------------
1x Royal Gift
5x Traveler Gifts
25x Huntsmen Gifts
250x Wintersday Gifts
100x Eggnog
100x Spiked Eggnog
100x Fruitcakes
100x Winter Green Candy Canes
250x Frosty Tonics
1x Ecto
1x Ruby
1x Sapphire
1x Elite Skill Tome of Choice
---------------------------------

That should be somewhere in the regions of 80-100k in marketvalue

or a decent amount of surprizes, stuffz and pts for any character thats skillfull enough to win it

obastable · Dec 28, 2011, 12:45 AM // 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arghore

Pointing everybody to this post again:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...&postcount=564

Please let me know if you have problems with the date and time for this event! Even a small 'its ok to me' would be nice, so i (we) am (are) sure not to have a lot of people that cannot make it to the party (and collect their prize) ...

tnx

It's ok by me

KiyaKoreena · Dec 28, 2011, 01:50 AM // 01:50

@ Sura. I like the one on the right because she seems so cheery. :-)

@ Arghore. Place, time and date sound good to me.

My progress:

Been working on the quaggan decorations. Sewing on beads is slow work. The beads are gold but the flash makes that disappear.

Havent forgotten this project. Still adding a few little things.

obastable · Dec 28, 2011, 03:20 AM // 03:20

Cleaned up some existing things, threw in some new things (still messy). Does that help the balance issues? I think it looks kinda random .... ugh.

Dalili Ojo · Dec 28, 2011, 03:50 AM // 03:50

@Sura Thanks! I was going for that look with the Charr.

I can see why you'd want earth tones for that piece, it's very organic in form. A cool scheme might be best saved for something more ridged/ aggressive. It's too bad we won't get to see it sooner

That being said the cuteness a young Gwen in a snow fort almost makes up for it ^^.

@Thisle yes, that form is quite long, but I'm sure it's for a good reason. So we'll all do our best to give a lot of thought when filling out.

Right everyone?

Muzai · Dec 28, 2011, 09:13 AM // 09:13

Thank you Aeronwen, but i'm sorry i've change her eyes 'cause they were too difficult to colors.

So, I've add some colors, i'll begin the shadow now.

Sasultra · Dec 28, 2011, 10:14 AM // 10:14

@Valdis the Unmaker- Hale Grenth looks awesome

good job the colours look dark and creepy like him

@Morag D- BEAUTIFUL!

@GeminiJuSa- I love the christmas tree in the backgorund hehe

can`t wait for you to be fully done

@Starfleck Almighty- ADORABLE!

sheloves that gift

@Marshmallow- Look amazing I love your details on Gwens dress. *jealous*
@Draken Burst- SUPER *jelly*I love colour of it so far its coming off really nicely.
@Koreena- What can I say your just brilliant. nuff said

@obastable- AWWWWW! makes me smile! great job!
@Iceblue- Stuninly beautiful. love the water colours you did an amazing job (how fast did you get done are you superwomen-man

)
@Doctor Overlord-

can`t wait for finished product

)))
@steelborn- YOUR VERY TALENTED. amazing job. *appluades*
@Rahtschini- OMG that is just off the cute radar GREAT! job soooooo cute (mox toy hehehehe)
@Olrun The Blade- That`s going to be very coool

@Qing Guang-

I know your amazing artist Ruth. it will turn out amazingly. great job so far

@darkpierrot- I love what you did with the paper craft VERY nice job

@Djembe Kaki Lambe- ALL I CAN SAY IS YUM! amazing job....YUMMMMY
@Afrodita- JUST WICKED.AMAZING JOB. (cheers)
@Kate- LOVE IT ALL. GREAT JOB!
@Lilycoeur- Very sexy gwen hehe (AMAZING) can`t wait for finished product it will be perfect i bet.
@BlackXI - :O SO SWEET!

@Sura- Amazing great job, BEAUTIFUL! on all levels
@Dalili Ojo-

excited to see finished drawing

GREAT JOB!

I hope everyone had a great christmas. And everyone have a safe and happy New Years.

GeminiJuSa · Dec 28, 2011, 12:37 PM // 12:37

@Sasultra: Wow, I am impressed with how much time you took to check everyone out ^^ And thank you. I hope to finish it quickly :X Should have time to start colouring it tonight.

Rahtschini · Dec 28, 2011, 05:00 PM // 17:00

@Sasultra:
Thank you for your comment^^ I hope I creat to make it sweeter

Muzai · Dec 28, 2011, 05:31 PM // 17:31

@ Sasultra : Thank you, I hope that you like the final product too

KiyaKoreena · Dec 28, 2011, 09:25 PM // 21:25

I think this is as decorated as this quaggan will get.

Final pics will get done tomorrow.

Qing Guang · Dec 28, 2011, 11:21 PM // 23:21

Aww, thanks Sarah!

Kiya: That quaggan is looking great! So cuddly...

So here's some sketchy lineart (I am so behind, I know).

Ignoring the stray marks... there's something up with Qing's face and I'm having a rotten time trying to fix it. I had trouble finding references for that weird angle of her head. Maybe once I've got the shading down it won't look so weird, but I can't help feeling it's more than just the jawline. (Gui needs to look more at her, too... ack)
Also, the top of the image is looking a little sparse, so I think putting in the wreath I talked about earlier would be a good idea... but I'm not entirely sure whether it should go behind Dwayna, or what.

obastable · Dec 28, 2011, 11:30 PM // 23:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qing Guang

So here's some sketchy lineart (I am so behind, I know).

Ignoring the stray marks... there's something up with Qing's face and I'm having a rotten time trying to fix it. I had trouble finding references for that weird angle of her head. Maybe once I've got the shading down it won't look so weird, but I can't help feeling it's more than just the jawline. (Gui needs to look more at her, too... ack)
Also, the top of the image is looking a little sparse, so I think putting in the wreath I talked about earlier would be a good idea... but I'm not entirely sure whether it should go behind Dwayna, or what.

I wouldn't worry about the upper part of the image, you can fill that with wall texture (wood paneling, log home style walls, brick, rock wall, wall paper, etc., with good shadows & highlights for ambiance will all take care of that).

For Qing's face, it looks as though her head is slightly too far forward - try angling the neck more upright - consider, when you're sitting and you look up and/or over at someone, you don't really crane your neck so much as just tilt your head up & to the side - the neck generally stays in an upright position.

Edit: I actually popped in to post this and forgot.

Rearranged the pic a bit, liking it much more now, just need to clean up & position some stuffs in front of the tree

I know I link small images but it gets bigger if you click on it!

Death By An Arrow · Dec 29, 2011, 01:48 AM // 01:48

Arkham City stole all the time I planned to do my entry today, damn you video games!

Hopefully I can figure out an idea and have it all sketched and pretty for tomorrow, and then painting can begin. I still have...plenty... of... time. x.x Doesn't help that I had a billion non-related art ideas I want to do now instead.

Kiya, that quaggan looks so intense. what do you have inmind for both your projects' submission pictures? Will they be togethor, or seperate?

Qing, thats looking nice! I feel like the position of her head isn't the problem but the position of her legs. Right now, her head and neck sort of look like she's peering over at the gift, and she looks greatly interested. However this conflicts with her bodys position, because she looks like shes more relaxed. Perhaps keeping her legs in that spot but shifting her torso and head over to the left might help her look like she's reaching as far as she can to take a peek at the box? Just rambling on here, feel free to take it or leave it if it doesnt make sense.

Obastable, that composition does look much better. The left side feels a little empty now, but it sounds like you've got that covered.

Arghore, that day should be good with me

Tee Wrex · Dec 29, 2011, 02:21 AM // 02:21

I still need to snap a few new photos, but I was playing around with screenshots and made this!

Enjoy!

Fer updated his album too... so I thought Id better edit to link mine as well. New photos coming soon!

http://photobucket.com/teeart

Valdis the Unmaker · Dec 29, 2011, 02:24 AM // 02:24

@Aero: Hummm... I can try. Any suggestions? The blood was supposed to be symbolic of the fact that Grenth has done away with Dwayna... :3

I can remove some of it, but the coloration on the robes and such isn't blood, it's just the color of the robes :]

Mmmm... Is there some sort of symbol directly related to Dwayna other than her headband thing that I could add in?

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@Everyone: Your guys'n'gals art looks amazing!!! Even if I'm not commenting very much, all of it is bloody brilliant and you all need to know it! ^^